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Worrying Challenges in Performing Embedded or Plant Shutdown Work.

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After 35 years of practice, certain issues keep me awake at night. One concern is about contractors working onsite or embedded in a working plant or other facility. Examples include year-round or shutdown work at power...more

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OSHA Issues Safety Fact Sheet On Confined Spaces In Residential Construction

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a new fact sheet to assist residential construction employers in meeting safety standards in confined spaces, such as attics, basements, and crawl spaces. The Fact...more

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Willful Permit-Required Confined Space Entry Citation Upheld by the Seventh Circuit

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On February 1, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the decision of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (“Commission”) which imposed serious willful citations under the...more

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OSHA Delays Enforcement of New Confined Spaces in Construction Standard

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This is a follow-up to our July 24, 2015 bulletin regarding OSHA’s new Confined Spaces in Construction Standard. OSHA has announced that it will, again, delay the enforcement of this new standard – which provides construction...more

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OSHA Issues Temporary Enforcement Policy for Confined Spaces in Construction

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On July 9, 2015, the United States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a 60-day temporary enforcement policy of its Confined Spaces in Construction standard which becomes...more

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